As some of you know, I moved a few months ago when I found new employment.
In one of the boxes, in a paper bag, I found two receipts.
The first one is dated the 26th of May, 1997. It lists items such as a Samsung 8x CD-Rom, 1 x SoundBlaster 16, 1 Sony Floppy Disc Drive, 1 x Cyrix 166+ CPU, and 2 x 4 MB STD Simm. Oh, and a 14 inch Goldstar monitor.
I had a computer previous to this one, an old 486 I bought off a friend when he got his new computer. But it didn't have all the trimmings, and, let's face it, it was a 486 - which was getting on in years in 1997.
But that's just the set-up of the story. Here's the kicker. The punchline.
The other receipt was dated 30th of May, 1997. It was from what was then a local record store.
1 x CDR: KIXX-CDR/UNDER A KILLING M: 199.50 Norwegian Crowns.
It's my receipt from picking up my own copy of Under a Killing Moon. I had previously been playing it at a friend's house, but this time it was my own, to play as much as I wanted.
And I thought to myself... Why would fourteen year old me want to save these receipts? And I remembered: Because Under a Killing Moon was the first computer game I bought for myself. I had been into Nintendo and Sega consoles for years already, but this was my first real, proper, solid PC game. And it came on CD's.
And it was Tex Murphy.
-Fred
In one of the boxes, in a paper bag, I found two receipts.
The first one is dated the 26th of May, 1997. It lists items such as a Samsung 8x CD-Rom, 1 x SoundBlaster 16, 1 Sony Floppy Disc Drive, 1 x Cyrix 166+ CPU, and 2 x 4 MB STD Simm. Oh, and a 14 inch Goldstar monitor.
I had a computer previous to this one, an old 486 I bought off a friend when he got his new computer. But it didn't have all the trimmings, and, let's face it, it was a 486 - which was getting on in years in 1997.
But that's just the set-up of the story. Here's the kicker. The punchline.
The other receipt was dated 30th of May, 1997. It was from what was then a local record store.
1 x CDR: KIXX-CDR/UNDER A KILLING M: 199.50 Norwegian Crowns.
It's my receipt from picking up my own copy of Under a Killing Moon. I had previously been playing it at a friend's house, but this time it was my own, to play as much as I wanted.
And I thought to myself... Why would fourteen year old me want to save these receipts? And I remembered: Because Under a Killing Moon was the first computer game I bought for myself. I had been into Nintendo and Sega consoles for years already, but this was my first real, proper, solid PC game. And it came on CD's.
And it was Tex Murphy.
-Fred
Pirates, vampires, zombies, ninjas, ghouls, aliens, goblins, monsters, robots, sorcerers, undead, werewolves, demons, mutated dinosaur-cyborgs and those pesky phone salesmen! The shotgun is a one-size-fits-all solution!
Nice find. 
My first PC game was Little Big Adventure after I watched someone else play it too but Under A Killing Moon wasn't much later I think. I don't have any game purchase receipts but I did keep some of the old scribbles I had done as a kid trying to solve various puzzles. 
I also keep my cinema tickets as a sort of overview of all the films I've been to at the cinema dating back to the 90s. Good for the nostalgia.
My first PC game was Little Big Adventure after I watched someone else play it too but Under A Killing Moon wasn't much later I think. I don't have any game purchase receipts but I did keep some of the old scribbles I had done as a kid trying to solve various puzzles. I also keep my cinema tickets as a sort of overview of all the films I've been to at the cinema dating back to the 90s. Good for the nostalgia.(Ruri_Ayanami from the old Tex Murphy ezboard).
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
"I don't believe in intuition, don't know why... just a feeling." - Tex Murphy
D'awwwwww :-3Fred Buer wrote: And I thought to myself... Why would fourteen year old me want to save these receipts? And I remembered: Because Under a Killing Moon was the first computer game I bought for myself. I had been into Nintendo and Sega consoles for years already, but this was my first real, proper, solid PC game. And it came on CD's.
And it was Tex Murphy.
I usually keep my game receipts in the game boxes, for ol' times sake.